mazzard

[ maz-erd ]

noun

1. a wild sweet cherry, Prunus avium, used as a rootstock for cultivated varieties of cherries.

mazzard

/ ˈmæzəd /

noun

1. a wild sweet cherry tree, Prunus avium, often used as a grafting stock for cultivated cherries

Word History and Origins

Origin of mazzard¹

1570–80; earlier mazer; compare obsolete mazers spots, measles; -ard

Word History and Origins

Origin of mazzard¹

C16: perhaps related to mazer

Example Sentences

The stain came from mazzards, the West Country name for Prunus avium, the wild or sweet cherries native to the British isles that have been eaten since prehistoric times.

From The Guardian

He saw his father fighting hard at the back and ribs with both hands, and Leary hammering his face in a way to make pulp of an ordinary mazzard.

From Project Gutenberg

This part of the county is noted for its strawberries, its gooseberries, and for a sweet kind of small cherry called mazzards.

From Project Gutenberg

And the mazzards were crying out to be eaten.

From Project Gutenberg

Today I may get a thwack on the mazzard which will give me an intervening season of unconsciousness between yesterday and tomorrow.

From Project Gutenberg